The Trip

My close friend Atuarre had to make an abrupt move from St. Louis across the country in order to care for his family in California. Flying in on Monday, he had to make all arrangements, pack, and leave by Thursday in order to make it back before the following Monday. I went along to help out and share the driving. Google Maps provided us with 3 routes, and we chose the most southerly, given that a massive ice storm had just blanketed Oklahoma and other parts of the Midwest. We also chose to avoid Las Vegas and the narrow mountain pass from Reno, given that we would be driving a truck pulling a car trailer. This route required over 2,000 miles of driving.

Rather than any kind of travelogue, which would be largely hampered by the conditions in which we drove (dark, fog, sleep deprivation) and the time pressure, I thought I would instead compile a few things we learned along the way.

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